~ Please check the Visitation BVM School home page and link onto the
Parent/Student Handbook for information regarding Discipline and Dress Code
Policies.
~ Thank you for following the morning car line rules for the safe drop
off of your child. I appreciate your smiles and waves. If you are the
first car please do not stop until you reach the sidewalk at the front of the
School. Please enter and stay in the lane marked with a solid line and
arrows. Do not try to exit by crossing the solid line or pass a car that may
be going slower than you would like. This traffic pattern is used for the
safety of your child. Patience please!!!
~ The side door opens in the morning at 7:45am and closes at 8:10am,
the official start of the school day. The traffic does not build until 8:00
am, please consider leaving five minutes earlier to avoid the line and your
child being marked late. If you arrive past 8:10, drop off your child at the
front entrance. They will receive a late slip from the main office for
admittance to their homeroom.
~ Do not allow your child to exit your car anywhere other than between
the solid line and the school.
~ Reminder - Chestnut Ave. is not an exit in the morning.
~ The uniform code is being enforced daily. Please supply the
necessary uniform requirements for your child. Navy or black crew socks and
belts for the boys, and navy knee highs or tights for the girls. Girls'
uniforms must not exceed 2" above the knee. Please check the Parent/Student
Handbook for uniform guidelines.
~ A "Just Between You and Me" box is located outside the VP
office. This box is for students to share with me "Good News", or a disturbing
situation they would like me to be "in the know". The messages may be signed
or placed anonymously.
~ Why is a juicy tidbit of gossip more delicious than a hot fudge
sundae? Why is it more tempting to pass on derogatory information than to
break your diet?
The temptation to gossip is rooted in the very human desire to feel
important.
Gossip feeds the ego in three ways:
1. While the gossiper is speaking, s/he is the center of attention.
2. To possess information which no one else is privy to elevates the
gossiper to the coveted status of being "in the know."
3. By putting someone else down, the gossiper assumes a superior status.
The implication in slandering another person is that "I would never
do/wear/say such a thing."
Gossip is a cheap ego boost which tantalizes people of all ages and both
genders. School-age girls, however, for whom prestige and popularity are
central, are especially prone to use gossip as a form of social manipulation.